Uniform cap



July 22, 1947. H. LIBSHUTZ ETAL 2,424,279

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Application July 13, 1945, Serial No. 604,790

3 Claims.

This invention relates to head wear and more particularly to uniform caps of the so-called military type.

Hats of this nature are generally of cloth, stiffened with felt and leather for the head-encompassing portion, except on the peak which is strengthened and embellished with additional surface material of thin brightened appearance sufficient to present an attractive finish and strong enough to permit the handling of the cap to be done at the peak. The disadvantage of this type is that it makes considerable sewing necessary during its construction, and the use of several layers and separate pieces of material, which require much labor and care at the same time, this construction loses its shape after a certain amount of use or bad weather, that causes the cap to be discarded.

An object of this invention is to provide a new and improved uniform cap that will avoid one or more of the disadvantages and limitations of the prior art.

An additional object is to provide a new and improved uniform cap that will require less parts and pieces in its make-up than previous types, and whose cover can be removed for convenient laundering without requiring the detachment of the strap and braid and buttons.

Other objects will become apparent as the invention is more fully set forth, in the drawings and description, while the scope of the invention will be pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, which are presented with the following description to illustrate a particular form of the invention:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a uniform cap embodying this invention,

Figure 2 is an enlarged side elevation of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional elevation taken along line 33 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is a sectional view looking in the direction of arrows 4- 3 shown in Figure 2, and

Figure 5 is a typical view showing the button and recess in the side and rear walls of the body.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

In the drawings a particular form of cap has a cloth cover piece II, which is reinforced by a stiffener I2 near its top, while the walls or sides I3 are converged downwardly, all of cloth material. The body It of the cap forms the base that encompasses the head of the user and is of semi-rigid material but flexible and light enough for such use. A conventional type of plastic material is suitable for this purpose. The body is ring-shaped and substantially formed with walls I5, and the front stayer I6 projects angularly upwards to form the skeleton for supporting the cover piece II at the front, the stiffener I2, and act as a base for the fastening thereto of the ornament, insignia or badge I? used to give an official standing to the cap. The ring portion of the body is formed with ventilation holes l8 transversely therethrough. A peripheral groove I9 in the upper area of the ring provides a seat for the insertion of a snap binder 20 formed at the bottom of the cover piece II, to resiliently bind into. An additional fastening means is preferably provided comprising buttons formed in recesses 3| in the sides and rear walls I5. The button is inserted through button holes 32 in the bottom of the cover piece I I. A conventional form of peak 2| is provided in the front of the body ring It and projects angularly downward to form a shade for the eyes of the user, and a piece strong enough to permit the cap to be lifted thereby. A conventional sweat band 22 is provided inside this body. An external band of braid Z3 is attached outside the plastic body ring I4 and is held there resiliently, and serves as a clamp to keep the binder 20 in place in the groove IS. The peak 2I helps to keep the braid band aligned on the body ring. A strap 28 and buttons 29 complete the cap. It can be noted that this braid band 23 can be stretched a little to allow the binder 20 to be lifted out of the groove I9, for the removal of the cover piece I I. An internal recess 24 is positioned near the top of the stayer l6, for supporting the stiffener I2 near the top of the cover piece I I. The removal of the cover I I can be done without detaching the braid band 23, strap 28, or buttons 29 from the body ring I4. The ornament, sweat band, stayer, peak and braid may be held on with mechanical attachments 25 if preferred or desired.

This construction in the cap makes it substantial and adds considerably to its appearance. It increases the life of the cover piece because it holds it and the body relatively semi-rigid and free from the usual bending and crimping that conventional cloth body based caps are subject to. It is of a more sanitar nature and can stand the customary weather conditions with satisfactory resistance and results. The cost of manufacture is not appreciably different to that of all cloth types because the valuable plastic material used does not equal or exceed the cost of the extra labor employed for the previous types of caps. This form is of more protection to the 3 wearer than cloth types and will retain its shape, and avoid a damaged appearance under continual and severe Wear, and especially will have less trouble from breaking of stitching which allow unsewing of parts of the cap to fall apart, this occurs frequently in cloth based caps.

While but two general forms of the invention are shown in the drawings and described in the specifications it is not desired to limit this application for patent to this particular form or in any other way otherwise than limited by .the scope thereof, as it is appreciated that other forms could be made that would use the same principles and come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

1. A convertible uniform cap of the class de-.

scribed comprising a molded body ring adapted to encompass the head of a wearer, a stayer and peak integrally molded with said body ring, a stifiener ring, and an internal recess positioned in said stayer to support said stiffener ring.

2. A convertible uniform cap of the class described comprisinga molded body ring adapted to encompass the head of a wearer, a stayer and peak molded integrally with said body ring, a stiffener ring, an internal recess positioned in said stayer to support said stiffener ring, and

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,389,689 Scheppler Nov. 2'7, 1945 2,160,513 Pasternak May 30, 1939 949,870 Williams Feb. 22, 1910 1,080,353 Kohler Dec. 2, 1913 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 784,845 France May 6, 1935 

